Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich may hear the words "You're fired" before he ever gets the chance to be on Donald Trumps' "The Celebrity Apprentice" next spring.

After it was announced the ousted governor was to join the likes of Bret Michaels, Sharon Osbourne and Cyndi Lauper on the NBC reality show, prosecutors were expected to ask a judge to bar him from appearing on the show today.

Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge James B. Zagel refused to let Blagojevich go to Costa Rica to participate in NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!” reality TV show. In his place, his wife joined the cast.

The former governor’s corruption trial is set to get under way in June, and Trump’s reality show is expected to air in spring 2010.

Blogojevich is accused of trying to trade state government business for campaign cash and of trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama. He has pleaded not guilty.